Christian Bible Lessons

Will I Sin After I am Saved?

2009-11-05T11:16:00.000-08:00

The answer is yes. We all sin after we are saved. Because... we still have our old sin nature.

Romans, 7:25 says, "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with my flesh the law of sin."

Does sin affect our Relationship with our Heavenly Father?

God won't kick you out of his family when you sin but he will discipline you.

Hebrews 12:5-11 says, "And ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, MY SON, DESPISE NOT THOU THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN THOU ART REBUIKED OF HIM:

FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH, AND SCOURGETH EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEVETH.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

What should I do when I sin?

As soon as you become aware that you have sinned, you should confess it
immediately to God. Then trust the blood of Jesus Christ to cleanse you.

I John 1:6-10 says, "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not inus."

Many people believe that when they get saved that they never sin again. Don't
believe that nonsense. The Bible clearly says we sin again. I think people who
say they don't sin after salvation are justifying their wrong doing as "spiritual."

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Your Physical Nature Upon Salvation

2009-11-04T11:02:00.000-08:00

You did not lose your physical nature at the time of your spiritual birth. That is obvious as you are still alive and reading this post! lol

But now, you have two natures: Your old nature (physical, sinful, in Adam's likeness) and... Your new nature (spiritual, perfect, in God's image.)

Both of these natures are present constantly.
The one that controls you is the one you feed the most.

Colossians 3:5-10 says, "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him."

So as a born again Christian, you need God's help to stop doing the things your old nature tempts you to do and submit to God and his will for you. It's a constant battle that will never let up. But Jesus already has the victory so just trust him
day by day, hour by hour, and even minute by minute when you need to.

"Feed faith, starve fear!" is one of my favourite expressions.

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Your Relationship With God as His Child

2009-11-03T09:25:00.000-08:00

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Personal Savior,
God is your heavenly Father and you are his child.

You now have a personal relationship with Him.

I John 2:1 says, "My little children, these things write I unto
you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."

God no longer deals with you as a sinner but as his son.

A good father loves and cares for his son. So your heavenly Father loves and cares for you.

I Peter 5:7 says, "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."

A good father protects his son. So your heavenly Father will protect you.

Matthew 18:6 says, "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones
which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged
about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."

A good father provides for his son. So your heavenly Father will provide for you.

Philippians 4:19 says, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

A good father teaches and guides his son.

John 14:26 says, But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

A good father helps is son. So your heavenly Father will also help you.

Psalm 46:1 says, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

A good father encourages his son. So your heavenly Father will also encourage you.

Philippians 4:13 says, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

A good father disciplines his son. So your heavenly Father will discipline you.

Hebrews 12:5-11 says, "And ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, MY SON, DESPISE NOT THOU THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN THOU ART REBUIKED OF HIM:

FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH, AND SCOURGETH EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEVETH.

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees:

And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled."

A good father feeds his son. So your heavenly Father will feed you.

Matthew 4:4 says, But he answered and said, It is written, "MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD."

A good father has a plan for his son.

Romans 8:28-29 says, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

Sometimes earthly fathers make mistakes but loving fathers never do anything on purpose to hurt their children. Unlike an imperfect father, God is never wrong. God is a perfect Father. He never makes mistakes as he helps you grow and mature.

Matthew 7:11 says, "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto our children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?"

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The Devil's Family and God's Family

2009-10-31T10:23:00.000-07:00

Your Decision to trust Jesus Christ as your personal Savior is the greatest. decision you could ever make but... it is unlikely that you understand the true significance of what has happened in your life.

I'll try to explain briefly how your decision has affected your basic relationship with God.

There are two spiritual families in the World.

The Devil's family and God's family.

Everyone is born into the devil's family at birth because their earthly father is a mortal man and a descendant of sinful Adam. Adam's first child was Seth. Genesis 5:3 says, "And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth."

You inherited your sin nature from your father Adam. Romans 5:12 says, "Wherefore, as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."

As a result of being born into this sinful family of the devil, you will die.
Romans 6:23 says, "The wages of sin is death." and I Corinthians says, In Adam all die."

The Bible clearly points out this family of the devil in John 8:44, "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do."

A verse that shows a distinction between the two families is John 8:38 where it says, "I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do that which ye have seen with your father."

How do we get into God's family?

By birth also. But a different kind of birth. It's a spiritual birth by God the Father. John 3:3 says, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

So how does one be born again?

John 1:12-13 says, "But as many as received him (which is the decision to trust Jesus Christ as your Savior), to them gave he power to become the sons of God (your entrance into God's family), even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man (it is not a physical birth), but of God."

You see then... that it is a "spiritual" birth.

This new spiritual birth puts you into God's family just as your physical birth put you into your earthly father's family.

Once you are in God's family, you are separated from the Devil's family.

Your body is now the temple of the Holy Ghost. God's Holy Spirit lives inside you.

I Corinthians 6:19, says, "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?"

After a person becomes born again and has the Holy Spirit dwelling inside of them, they will usually want to give up drinking and smoking. They will be careful where they go and will not go into bars any more. They will stop wasting their time watching hours and hours of useless television shows.

A born again child of God will begin to seek God's will and not his own. His desires, goals, and purpose for living will change. If you are not seeking a new life in Christ, perhaps you weren't sincere when you asked God to save you. Or...
it could be that you are hanging out with the wrong crowd and need to pull away.

Your new life is summarized perfectly in II Corinthians 5:17-18 where it says,
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ..."

That's why when you get saved, most of your old friends don't want to be around you any more because you aren't like them. You have changed. You stop doing the things you used to do when you belonged to the Devil's family.

If your friends and family don't get saved and don't want to belong to God's family, they won't be willing to make the changes God asks. Instead of making changes and continuing to be your friend, they will either stop hanging out with you or they will try to pull you down with them. They might not be doing it on purpose but never the less, it can happen if you don't consciously make a decision to go to God for help during times of temptation.

If you find yourself being pulled back into your old life, the Bible says to, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh unto God, and he will draw nigh unto you." James 4:7-8.

So you see, God will help you leave your old life with it's sinful activities behind.
You belong to God's family now and he will help you make new friends who want to please God.

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Where to Start Reading the Bible

2009-10-30T09:35:00.000-07:00

As a newly saved Christian, your Bible reading focus should be on places which talk about your new relationship with God the Father.

The Gospel of John, the Epistle of 1 John, and Psalm 119 are good places to start.

The Gospel of John was written so that you could see that you need to believe on the Lord Jesus to be saved and have eternal life.

John 20:31 says, "But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and that believing ye might have life through his name."

The Epistle of I John was written so that you could have complete assurance of your salvation.

I John 5:13 says, "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."

Note: If you find something that you don't understand as you are reading the Bible, don't worry about it for now. Just keep reading. God will reveal it to you when you are ready.

John 16:12 says, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Just make sure you live the things that you do understand. God won't ask you to do something that you are unable to handle. As you apply what you are learning, God will begin to trust you with more.

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Famous Bible Quotes

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"The Bible contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable.

Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy. It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you. It is the traveler's map, the pilgrim's staff, the pilot's compass, the soldier's sword, and the Christian's charter.

Here paradise is restored, heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed. Christ is its grand subject, our good its design, and the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet.

Read it slowly, frequently, prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given to you in life, will be open at the judgment, and be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, rewards the greatest labor, and condemns all who trifle with its holy contents."

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A Brief History of the Bible

2009-10-28T16:04:00.000-07:00

The Bible has a total of 66 books. It was written by more than 40 authors and written over a time span of about 2,000 years.

It is totally accurate of history and prophecy.

The Bible doesn't have one contradiction.

It all fits together perfectly as if it was written by one man.

Take a real good look at this and realize the awesomeness of this seemingly coincidental fact...

The middle of the Bible is Psalm 118:8. It reads, "It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man."

The middle two words in that verse are "the Lord."

The Lord is the center of the Bible!

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The Purpose of the Word of God

2009-10-24T16:04:00.000-07:00

1. The Word of God guides you.

Just as an owner's manual for your car or appliance tells you how to operate it, the Bible shows you exactly (with clear instructions) how you are to follow and serve the Lord.

"That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Timothy 3:17

2. The Word of God sustains you.
Christians often call God's word, "spiritual food."

There are many verses in the Bible that refer to God's Word as nourishment.

1 Peter 2:2 calls it "milk."
Psalm 119:103 and Proverbs 16:24 calls it "honey."
Proverbs 7:2 and 25:11 calls it "apples."
Luke 4:3 calls it "bread."
Isaiah 55:12-14 and Ephesians 5:26 calls it "water."
Hebrews 5:12-14 and 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 calls it "meat."
Psalm 78:24 calls it "vegetables."

3. The Word of God Keeps you Clean

Psalm 119:9-11 says, "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to they word." With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from they commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee." and John 15:3, says, "Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you."

4. The Word of God is Reliable

The Word of God is more to be relied upon than the audible voice of God.
Never totally rely on your experiences, emotions, or intelligence when making decisions for your life. I Corinthians 2:14 says, "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God."

So... you need to turn to the Bible instead. The written Word of God is even more reliable than the physical appearance of God.

II Peter 1: verse 16-21 says, "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy: whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that sinneth in a dark place, unto the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretaton.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

And Matthew 17:1-9 says, "And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart.

And was transfigured before before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for moses, and one for Elias.

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their on their face, and were sore afraid.

And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, unto the Son be risen again from the dead."

5. The Word of God is the Truth

Sometimes God teaches you things through books, preachers, articles, teachers, even blogs like ours, but the ultimate Truth is revealed by the Holy Spirit as he leads and guides you into all Truth through reading God's Holy Word.

John 14:26 says, "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Faterh will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said onto you."

And... John 16: 13-15, says "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, tht shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you."

All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you."

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The Importance of the Word of God

2009-10-24T14:47:00.000-07:00

1. The Word of God is the "absolute" written authority from God as to how you should live your life. The Bible should supersede anything else you might choose to resort to for insight, wisdom, and direction for your life. That includes books, CD's, pastors, counselors, therapists, and teachers, or any other source."

2. The Word of God is essential to a Christian's growth, grace, and knowledge of Jesus Christ. In it's pages lie every detail as to how one should govern his life. It's principles will guide every facet of your walk with Jesus Christ.

3. The Word of God lays out the plan of salvation (the way to Heaven.)

1 Peter 1:23 says a man is born again "by the word of God." The Word of God is the agent by which a person experiences the "new birth."

The Bible clearly reveals your sinful condition and your need to accept God's plan of salvation in order to be saved.

Ephesians 2:8-9 says, "For by grace are ye saved through faith..." Romans 10:17 says, "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."

James 1:21 says the Word of God is, "...able to save your souls."

Paul summarizes the gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4... Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose from the dead, according to the Scriptures.

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